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Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: This is not an interchange.

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: It is now 10.10 a.m. I will absolutely suspend the Dáil if there is no respect shown to the Chair. I have asked for caution. I did not ask for an interplay. I have asked for caution out of respect to Members.

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Out of respect, I have stopped the clock, which is a rare thing.

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I am now letting the clock run and we are going on to the next speaker. I call Deputy Michael Collins.

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: With the greatest respect to the Rural Independent Group Members, with whom I agree on many issues, particularly their concerns regarding rural Ireland, to introduce a debate in a manner that reduces people involved in An Taisce to cranks, crackpots and serial objectors working against normal people is not acceptable to me as someone who spent 17 years working at local level and knows exactly...

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I am here to say that it is deeply worrying that this type of discussion would proceed in this way on a date when we are actually reducing the participation of ordinary people in making submissions. I absolutely object to the word "objection", if that is not a funny way of putting it. Objections do not carry anything. They are submissions by concerned residents and citizens relating to the...

Planning and Development (An Taisce) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I will finish. I rarely go over my time. We have liquid gas being put under strategic infrastructure, with no accountability. On every level, I deplore this motion, while I share Members' concerns about bánú na tuaithe. Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Thank you for your patience.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the all-female Front Bench. It is a good sign for the future and I hope there will be a change of policy as well. I return to a Leaders' Question I put at the end of September regarding putting the spotlight on defective infrastructure in wastewater treatment plants in Galway, the necessity for one on the east side of the city, but more or equally as important, the collection...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: It is an important issue but we are dealing with section 15.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Will we all be here?

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Go raibh maith agat. I have been lenient on that. Section 15 has been debated.

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Does anyone else wish to contribute?

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: The Bill will be sent to the Seanad.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Seanad amendments Nos. 1 to 18, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Yes, amendments Nos. 1 to 18, inclusive.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Is anyone else indicating?

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Amendments Nos. 1 to 18, inclusive.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I gently remind everyone that we are discussing amendments Nos. 1 to 18, inclusive.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Deputy, please.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: From the Seanad (9 Oct 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I did not take exception and it is not politics. I am in the Chair, and the conversation and debate should be relevant to what is going on. That is what I am doing now as well. I remind the Deputy that we are discussing Seanad amendments Nos. 1 to 18, inclusive.